FollowMyLead

Just need this on a few targets and this mod is golden

Hello

Can you add another cross like /fml1 /fml2 /fml3, to see different guildmates in different situations?

Thanks à lot

is it possile in anyway to change the icon, make it bigger, change the colour etc.?

The icon is in fact some text and in this case "+".
You can change the text at the top of the .lua file:
LabelSetText("FollowMyLeadText", L"+")
Setting the text to "|||||" may provide a bigger "icon".

You can change the color in the .xml file with red/green/blue values:


As for the size I imagine you can change it in the .xml file in:
but there may not be a bigger font.
See here for a list of fonts : http://www.thewarwiki.com/wiki/API:AvailableFonts_options

Hum, the forum swallowed the xml.
For color:
<Color r="255" g="0" b="255" a="255" />
For the size:
<Label name="$parentText" font="font_heading_huge"

Would it be possible to have 2 markers for 2 leaders?
We usually have a main leader in one warband and a secondary leader in another warband and if you are in the second warband you may need to switch frequently between the leaders.

Also would it be possible to setup a macro to stick to a leader without its name hardcoded (/target leader1, /follow) ?

I created a function to add at the end of FollowMyLead.lua which allows you to macro the /follow command: /script FollowMyLead.StickLeader()

I couldn't find a way to do this in one click so you have to click once to target your leader (there's a little delay) and to click another time to follow him.
As a bonus, if you have no leader set, the first click will assign your target as leader and will issue the /follow command.
To clear your leader you still have to type /fml with no target.

In plain english here is what the function does:
if no leader is set then set my current target as leader.
if my target is my leader then follow him
else target my leader



function FollowMyLead.StickLeader()
if FollowMyLead.target == nil then
FollowMyLead.SetTarget()
end

if FollowMyLead.target == nil then return end

TargetInfo:UpdateFromClient()

if (TargetInfo:UnitName("selffriendlytarget")):match(L"([^^]+)^?([^^]*)") == FollowMyLead.target then
SystemData.UserInput.ChatText = L"/follow"
BroadcastEvent(SystemData.Events.SEND_CHAT_TEXT)
else
SystemData.UserInput.ChatText = L"/target "..FollowMyLead.target
BroadcastEvent(SystemData.Events.SEND_CHAT_TEXT)
end
end

This addon is excellent. i think it is legitimate, but I am LB and this is a must have.

Uh, this mod seems like it might walk the thin line of legitimacy. This basically amounts to being able to see through walls with little more than a /command.

Now, I notice you seem to only be able to have this active on one person. Is this a limitation of the game or the mod. If the mod, then this could get out of hand quickly, flagging everyone you see to be marked in Open RVR so that no one is safe from your watchful eye.

Apparently this was a bit buggy the first time I played with it. Seems to be working as intended now after a CTD.

So, now I can track 6 different targets... through walls... up to about 250-300 ft away. It seems to require that you at least get a glimpse of the target before it will track once you have gone out of range, so its not quite as abuse-able as expected.

But again, I must ask... what is to stop someone from modding this mod to track not 6... but 60 targets?

Can't seem to get it to work for me. I've done /leader and /fml and nothing happens. The only addon I have that might conflict with this is BuffHead since it does the same thing for debuffs. I have LibSlash updated.

Oh...this only works on Players, not NPCs.

But this doesn't work in a macro...I tried it on a player!

it does work on NPC's fyi

you might have installed it incorrectly , it shouldnt conflict with buffhead

to test it out just target an npc and type in /leader in the chat box and/or /script FollowMyLead() . (case sensetive). If neither of those shows the pink cross above the npc then your install didnt work properly.

marking in my war? no wai! screenshit or it didnt happen

Is it possible to set up the Curse Client to subscribe to an author and just install all their stuff? Could we call it the Aiiane button?

Nice work. I was thinking of writing something like this except for party members (to make it easy for healers to follow your group if you are a healer).

nice works well
probs would be good to give people a little pic of what the icon looks like
and maybe a brief guide as to how to turn it into a macro so that it can be put on the action bar for quick activation for those that are unsure about macros (got mine to work after i realised you needed the /script command not the /say /leader hehe)

Nice one aiiane, is it possible to get multiple targets tho?

Does this work on enemies as well?

First post :)
love all your mods